Pascal Borry | Gert Matthijs The human recipe

understanding your genes in today's society

A smart and witty guide to all you want to know about human genetics. Human genetics is not the playground of science alone. Genetics concerns all of us, for we all have DNA, genes, genomes, and chromosomes. Our genes determine partly our appearance and our behaviour, our talents and our health risks. The authors of The Human Recipe use humour to explain what we understand about human genetics. With anecdotes and topical examples, they demonstrate how genetics affects our everyday lives. What if...

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Engels | 232 pagina's (PDF, 3,7 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017

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Isotopes in vitreous materials

For all archaeological artefactual evidence, the study of the provenance, production technology and trade of raw materials must be based on archaeometry. Whereas the study of the provenance and trade of stone and ceramics is already well advanced, this is not necessarily the case for ancient glass. The nature of the raw materials used and the geographical location of their transformation into artefacts often remain unclear. Currently, these questions are addressed by the use of radiogenic isotope...

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Engels | 166 pagina's (PDF, 11 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017

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